Synopsis
Lyla Eden has spent the last few years watching her siblings fall in love. Meanwhile, she’s married to her job. It’s on her hundredth consecutive workday that her sister stages an intervention, kicking Lyla out of her own coffee shop. With nothing else to do, Lyla sets out on her favorite hiking trail.
It’s there that she spots a man washing blood from his hands in a stream. One moment she’s staring at the jagged scar on his face. The next, his hand is around her throat. But by some miracle, he lets her go.
Shaken to her core, Lyla reports the incident to the local police. Two days later, Vance Sutter arrives in town, armed with endless questions and a tarnished badge.
Vance may be ruggedly handsome but he’s as mysterious as the man he’s hunting. And he’ll be gone from Quincy in a blink. Yet Lyla’s crush is impossible to stop.
No matter how hard Vance tries to ignore it, there’s no denying the chemistry between them. And avoiding Lyla is not an option. After years of chasing dead ends, she’s his only lead to closing the case that haunts his career. So together, they’ll retrace her steps.
To find the scarred man she met beside a crimson river.
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Review
Crimson River may be my favorite Eden book yet. Lyla and Vance, and the suspense in this was incredible.
One of the things I’m enjoying about this series is that we get to see how each sibling sort of fits into the Eden family as a whole. Lyla seems to be the dependable one. Perhaps a bit of a workaholic at her shop, but she is stead for her family. Knowing this, it made even more sense that she would be attracted to a character like Vance, a complete mastery. Vance’s back story was by far the most interesting yet. I completely understood his quest, and I appreciated that Lyla did too.
The suspense story in Crimson River was, in my opinion, the best of the series. It kept me on the edge of my seat, and the reveal was so satisfying! I loved how the story played out!
The audiobook was exceptional. Connor Crais is fast becoming a one-click narrator for me, and Lucy Rivers always does a fantastic job. They both fit these two characters so well!
I am so excited for Mateo’s book but also so sad to see this series end1
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